Phillies organizational assistant coach coach Jorge Velandia (right) has been promoted to a special assistant to the general manager (Frank Klose/Sports Talk Philly)
The Phillies announced a large number of coaching changes at the minor league levels. They include some familiar names in the organization, including former Phillies third baseman Charlie Hayes and long-time Phillies minor leaguer Greg Legg.
The moves fans might recognize are:
- Jorge Velandia was named special assistant to the general manager, as did Bryan Minniti, who comes from the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.
- Frank Cacciatore is promoted from Reading hitting coach to assistant hitting coordinator
- Greg Legg is promoted to manager of the Double-A Reading Fightin' Phils
- Dusty Wathan is formally announced as Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs manager
- Shaun Williams is promoted from Class-A Lakewood to Class-A Clearwater
- John Mizerock is promoted from Short Season Williamsport to Double-A Reading hitting coach
- Charlie Hayes joins the Gulf Coast Phillies staff
- Marty Malloy will manage Class-A Lakewood
Other moves include:
- Geoff Miller is new Mental Skills Coach
- Natan Weinberger is the new Analyst, Baseball Research & Development
- Greg McMillan will serve as Coordinator of International Scouting
- Rafael Alvaraez as International Scout
- Ray Robles as Assistant Director of International OPerations
- Orlando Munoz, Joe Betancourt, Feliberto Sanchez, and Samuel Hiciano were named the staff in the Dominican Summer League
- Greg Schilz comes from the Pirates to be National Scouting Coordinator
- Will Brunson, Justin Morganstern, and Justin Munson become scouts
